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Mushi-Shi

★ 8.5 17K votes 2005–2014 1 season · 26 episodes Ended Fuji TV
AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Nature & scienceThe natural world or science itself as the subject.This show: 8/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Yûto NakanoTravis WillinghamKôjun ItôJennifer SemanMika DoiHiroshi Shimozaki
Starring
Yûto NakanoTravis WillinghamKôjun ItôJennifer SemanMika DoiHiroshi Shimozaki
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Quiet folklore anthology about nature's strange, sad logic"

Ginko is a wandering "mushishi," an expert on mushi: ancient, ghostlike lifeforms that blur into the natural world and quietly disrupt human lives. Each episode drops him into a new village to untangle a strange affliction rooted in one of these creatures. The show is hushed, painterly, and unhurried, more folklore anthology than plot-driven drama. There's little action; instead it lingers on atmosphere, texture, and small human sorrows. It rewards patience and quiet attention, feeling less like a story with a destination and more like a series of eerie, melancholy fables you sit with one at a time.

Watch it for

the hypnotic, painterly atmosphere and its wistful, self-contained folklore stories.

Maybe skip if

you want serialized plot, action, or fast pacing rather than slow, contemplative mood pieces.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

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Season 12005
8.17K2610h 5m
They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known as "Mushi". Their existence and appearance are unknown to many and only a limited number of humans are aware of them. Ginko is a "Mushi-shi" who travels around to investigate and find out more about the "Mushi". In the process, he also lends a helping hand to people who face problems with supernatural occurances which may be related to the "Mushi".
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Green Seat7.7
46923 min
▶2Mabuta no hikari8.1
41323 min
▶3Yawarakai kado7.8
34923 min
▶4Pillow Lane8.3
34823 min
▶5The Traveling Swamp7.8
31123 min
▶6The Crowd That Inhales Dew7.7
29323 min
▶7The Rain Comes, a Rainbow Forms8.1
29323 min
▶8From the Sea Border8.2
28823 min
▶9Heavy Fruit7.9
26123 min
▶10White in the Ink Slab7.8
25423 min
▶11The Mountain Sleeps8.0
25323 min
▶12One-Eyed Fish9.0
41423 min
▶13Bridge at Night7.7
24023 min
▶14Inside the Cage8.7
29323 min
▶15Exaggeration in Spring8.1
24724 min
▶16Daybreak's Snake8.1
23823 min
▶17Picking the Fake Cocoon8.2
24423 min
▶18Clothes to Embrace the Mountain7.8
23824 min
▶19String of Heaven8.4
24324 min
▶20The Sea of Brushes8.7
26024 min
▶21The Cotton Spore8.8
29724 min
▶22Underwater Shrine8.2
22423 min
▶23Twitter of Rusts7.9
21823 min
▶24Journey in the Field of Fire7.7
21524 min
▶25Eye of Fortune, Eye of Calamity8.1
21724 min
▶26Sound of Stepping Grass8.3
23223 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Yûto Nakano Ginko
Travis Willingham Ginko
Kôjun Itô
Jennifer Seman Narrator, Nui
Mika Doi Narration, Koe, Narrator
Hiroshi Shimozaki Villager #1, Father, Ferryman #1
Ryô Naitô Dealer, Farmer #1, Fisherman #1
Brina Palencia Biki, Nami, Shige
Luci Christian Extra, Family member #1, Mio
Kenny Green Extra, Farmhand, Mushi Master B

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